W.PR.01.01 with teacher support, set a purpose, consider audience, and incorporate literary language when writing a narrative or informational piece; begin to use specific strategies including graphic organizers when planning
METS-S/NETS-T
PK-2.CC.1. work together when using digital tools (e.g., word processor, drawing, presentation software) to convey ideas or illustrate simple concepts relating to a specified project
Essential Questions:
What is a month? What are the months of the year? What does represent mean?
Objectives:
Students will work together in a small group of 2 or 3 and use critical thinking to use webspiration to assemble and arrange a map of the months of the year and decide on an object or theme to represent each month
Tools and Resources:
Various books on the months of the year, example:The Months! Fun with Friends All Year Round!, My first valentines party, Summer Vacation Starts Today, The Easter Parade, Popsicles on the 4th if July, The silly Leprechaun, Halloween’s not Scary and other books of this nature,www.webspirationclassroom.com
Rationale:
This activity will help the students gain an understanding and confidence for using the internet and web based tools to create something concrete.
Sequence of Activities:
Anticipatory Questions/Activity:
How many months are there in a year? What are they? Does anything remind you of a particular month?
Body of Lesson Plan:
During large group instruction read aloud the book The Months! Fun with Friends All Year Round! By: Sara Coleridge
Remind them of the song they have been learning: These are the Months of the Year! “January, February. March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December these are the months of the year OH YEAH, these are the months of the year!”
Each month of the year represents something a little bit different then the month before. Example: January could be represented by a snow flake while August could be represented by a sunshine.
Segment #3
1.) Students will be put into a group with 1 or 2 other students during small group instruction.
2.) Students will have about 15 minutes to look through and talk about all of the books that are available to them regarding the months of the year.
3.) Students will be required to work together to present an idea about what object or item they will use to represent each month of the year.
Feedback: Students should be coming up with something like: January – snowflakes, February- hearts, March- pots of gold etc.
Segment #4
Have students decide on an object to represent each month of the year, make sure everyone is in agreement.
Show students the webspiration application and how they will be making a month of the year webspiration map.
Students will have to type the months of the year into a bubble representing that month ( make sure to have a list of correct spelling of the month available if they need it)
Students will then work alongside the teacher or class room helper to find and paste clip art onto the map to represent their concrete ideas.
Each student group will have a chance to make their webspiration map, and once everyone has finished students can show off their work and compare and contrast with each other.
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Remind them of the song they have been learning: These are the Months of the Year! “January, February. March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December these are the months of the year OH YEAH, these are the months of the year!”
http://www.webspirationclassroom.com/view/1168501a37c6a
2.) Students will have about 15 minutes to look through and talk about all of the books that are available to them regarding the months of the year.
3.) Students will be required to work together to present an idea about what object or item they will use to represent each month of the year.
Feedback: Students should be coming up with something like: January – snowflakes, February- hearts, March- pots of gold etc.